to syria's substantive questions being raised. continuing, in consultation with the president, we expect the house to consider a measure the week of september 9. this provides the president time to make his case to congress and the american people. with that we will take a short break and talk about congressional authorization and what was said today by the president in the rose garden. >> having made my decision, i'm mindful that i'm the president of the world's oldest constitutional democracy. i long believed that our power is rooted molt just in our military might but in our example as the government of the people, by the people and for the people. that's why i made a second decision. i will seek authorization for the use of force from the american people's representatives in congress. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure

going into syria is really bad idea. this is syria. you poke syria, you poke iran, you poke russia. the unintended consequences here are huge. the other part of this is, if you go in, on whose behalf are you strikeing? you could say well, this is punishment strike for the use of chemical weapons against bashar assad. could you make that argument but i agree with doug, the president hasn't made that argument yet. if you go in and strike, even if it's a limited strike you will degrade assad's power. you will weaken him somehow. the question becomes, if you create a power vacuum who is best prepared to fill it? you see on the other side, al qaeda, muslim brotherhood, sundry other islamists who will be ready to step in. in that case, what do you get? you get chaos or islamism or some combination of both which is what we see in libya and egypt. martha: that caused conservatives and democrats to have concerns about this, doug. because it isn't just a limited strike. there is no doubt, retaliation, whether it comes the next day or whether it comes six months later from iran. >> but there's

we can't fix syria. but in the face of the largest single deployment of chemical weaponsddam hussein gassed the kurds, the lack of an american response would not only be weakness, it would shutdown any prospect it seems to me of having much influence and in the eyes of our allies and adversaries it really leaves the united states to be not a reluctant warrior, but a -- an effect less one. it may be an exaggeration, but a sustained systemic comprehensive effort to em bolden the opposition through arming the opposition with sophisticated weapons and establishing no fly zones and then going after leadership targets, military infrastructure, a la kosovo, or in the case of persian gulf war one, 38,000 flown. and yet saddam hussein was still capable of moving against the kurds and the shiite and the republican guard units were in tact. i think both of those do everything and do nothing and are not real options. the third option which is what i call muddle through. maybe that is unfair, but it is an effort to n

what are the american interests in syria. to downgrade hezbollah, send a message to iran that you are next if you continue the nuke thing. to remove assad to protect innocent children and others from mass death. kathy, new york city. i think your programs on syria have been thought provoking and balanced. what happens to israel if we attack assad? as the israeli ambassador to the usa said that country can handle what comes. syria would suffer if it moves against israel. terrorists target them every day already so nothing changes there. tomorrow we continue answering your questions in the mail segment. the tip of the day, now that school is in session many are having melt downs because they can't text or play dopey games on the machines. the kaiser family foundation did a study that says the average american child aged 8 to 18 spends more than 7 hours a day on the net. by far their main source of entertainment. the problem is it is addictive and desensitizing and is changing the way people behave. we now have an internet addic

the best way forward in syria. general keane. what do you think of the president's plan as he laid it out? short-term, limited, basically focused on attacking assad's chemical weapons capability. >> first of all, i don't like the fact we have given the enemy so much time to harbor resources. i think this action should have been over by now. secondly, i did support the limited action. if the objective is to reduce significant military capability and i was suggesting that assad would never use chemical weapons and have to give up his air power. that is within the means of the instruments that we're doing. shut down his air support and structure. that is still obtainable to a certain degree. we're going to have to work very hard, i believe, to make this strike very effective. i think it should be tied to something strategic in terms of moving the advantage to the opposition forces and not just a punitive measure. it should be coupled with military aid to the rebel forces. the moderate forces leading the attack and the jihad forces.

strikes syria. the "wall street journal" is reporting that the orders call for an attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad. a senior military source confirms the existence of the threat to fox news but warns that this news has not been fully vetted yet. official also said he was not aware of increased security at the baghdad compound. >>> the state department ordered all nonessential u.s. diplomats, as well as american citizens, to leave lebanon. citing growing security concerns as congress and the obama administration debate on a possible strike on syria. in south beirut with more on the fallout neighboring countries are seeing at this time. >> reporter: the war in syria's already hitting home in lebanon. this memorial, hezbollah stronghold of south beirut, the site of a car bomb last month that left 27 dead. people are already trying to make repairs, trying to fix this place up. the blast widely seen as retaliation for hezbollah's backing of the assad regime. experts tell us if hezbollah hits anythin

there is confusion about what is happening in syria so as an expert on syria, tell us what is really happening. >> i don't know. i don't know. i do think that there is one thing i know for sure is. this if you. we have i guess. as what we so many and can we what wee have. that's what exactly. take that to the bank. >> i am sure i could. dr. payne. that is what i was afraid of. it a pores you are coaching the president on that. this is not dr. robert payyne. welcome mr. double talk derwood fincher. thank you for being here and great to have you back. well, i am glad that a strong contingent of republicans and democrats so the utter folly of the military action in syria. and sad that there are those who think that lighting the fuse to release the military bring the united states to an undefined mission and unknown outcome and untrustworthy administration makes sense. the only way president obama is transparent as he promised is the duplicity with which he has governed. without hint of shame he takes the position that suits his political ambition. he railed against the government as a s

a huge day in the debate on syria. our president addressing the nation tonight but the russians seem to be taking charge. this story has changed dozens of times, and here comes the president now. these are live pictures. the president just met with leaders on capitol hill with lawmaker from both sides of the political fence. let's listen in. >> shepard: members of congress on one side and then the other side, and he is pushing his case that action is necessary. listen. there's john mccain. who was for a less controlled strike, if you will, giving more option to the president than he appeared to be seeking in these later days. now, is a mentioned -- actually go back -- now, as i mentioned so many things have changed today. again, the president will soon make this push to all of us on -- from washington, 9:00 eastern, 8:00 central. it's been a wild 4 -- 24 hours, and now after dives making -- at the white house is talking a new plan of diplomacy, one that would not require military action at all. aides say the president

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could attack syria by air. senior defense department sources telling fox news channel the use of air assets could now be in play and the size of any potential air strike depends on prb's target list and that list is constantly changing. a pentagon source telling fox news channel jennifer griffin that military channels have revised their plans 50 times just since president obama began considering a limited strike on syria. meanwhile, new questions about the president's leadership on syria are surfacing. >> can you imagine any president ever saying it's not my problem, it's america's problem? who the hell says that? who? what kind of person thinks that?

and an ally of syria, many hezbollah fighters are in syria. and the iranians have vowed revenge that could come in the form of a hezbollah attack on israel and it could come in the form of u.s. interests in lebanon. the 1980 bombing of the embassy in lebanon and the marine barracks. there is a lot of history here. the lebanese security forces don't have a lot of control over hezbollah and what it might do. there is intelligence on the ground that says hezbollah might be planning something and the iranians may be looking at other avenues to respond to a u.s. attack on syria, maybe u.s. interests in iraq. maybe targeting something with a car bomb that that would have a catastrophic effect. martha: the rebels on the front of the "new york times," what .we know about the rebels operating in syria? >> reporter: that's the problem. the video the "new york times" has uncovered is what many of us covering the story have seen, the rebels committing atrocities that are just as bad as what the government is doing. summarily torturing and executing people

syria the big topic of their discussion. the senate could begin debating whether to authorize a strike. also monday chris wallace sits down with president obama at the white house to talk about the crisis in syria. that interview will air that night on special report 6:00 p.m. eastern. on tuesday president obama meets with senate democrats later that evening addresses the nation 9:00 p.m. eastern. watch it all right here on fox news channel. >>> on this day in 1930 the correlated got a little stickier when the company 3m introduced scotch tape. an employee figured out to coat strips of cellopane with adhesive. it soon caught on. as for the name a car dealer said the company was being stinky. he compared the company to scotland who had a penny pimpblipimpbl i -- pinching repudiation. scotch tape. now huckabee. >> tonight on huckabee, the president making his case for military action in syria. >> the assad regime brazen use of chemical weapons is a threat to global peace and security. >>> but is the rebel opposition any less o

they want a different syria. does that mean al qaeda and the front and other extremists will try to take over? absolutely. for any to assert it is better for assad, the iranian regime and hezbollah to be victorious here, i don't think they know what they are talking about about what's best for our national security interest. >> senator, thank you. >> thanks, greta. >> here is what putin wants. under a russian proposal the united states and its allies reject the use of force against syria and syria turns over weapons to the international community, the weapons must be secured and destroyed. how easy is it to secure and destroy the vast stock pile of oh chemical weapons? former u.n. inspector tim trayvan joins us. good evening. >> good evening. >> how daunting a task is it to find all these chemical weapons and then once we do find them, to get rid of them? >> it is a daunting task, particularly in the situation of trying to do that in the middle of a civil war. this will be the first time any country has tried to

strike on syria. the obama administration is making the case tomahawk missiles could be used to reduce president assad's ability to use chemical weapons but some critics say the only with to secure those weapons is put boots on the ground. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon and has who are for us now. how does a limited strike prevent assad from using chemical weapons again? what would be the goal? >> reporter: it is really not clear, jenna. general dempsey said it would take 75,000 u.s. troops on the ground to secure the chemical weapons. there is no plan to do that now. there is no part of the limited strike using tomahawk to go after the chemical weapons stores which are stored underground by the way. here is defense secretary chuck hagel yesterday on the hill. >> if assad is prepared to use chemical weapons against his own people, we have to be concerned that terrorist groups like hezbollah, which has forces fighting in syria, supporting the assad regime, co

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a direct reference to president obama's address to the nation on syria. the white house response to this is next. >> trace: would you take a look at this. in seaside heights, new jersey, this is a fire behind an ice cream factory, on the boardwalk down there. we don't to the what caused it but broke out about an hour ago. it appears not to be a chemical fire because you can see the firefighters are spraying water on this, and the chemical situation they wouldn't do that. but this has spread to a couple of other buildings. you know this is part of the area in seaside park, kind of damaged in superstorm sandy. look at that. that thing is just charred. if the helicopter was to pull out you could see other damage from sandy. so firefighters working on this. it's now spread to two other buildings. behind an ice cream factory. unclear what other buildings are in the area but you can clearly see that part of this right behind that, still engulfed in flames and spreading and smoke appears to be heavy. no word from the fire department, how toxic, if toxic, that sm

strike against syria syria would retaliate against these countries, lebanon, too, in the past several weeks and months have seen their share of spillover violence. the deputy foreign minister also denying any involvement by syria in a chemical weapons strike last month. we talked to one individual, a syrian now living in lebanon, who thinks very certainly assad was involved and he knows what should be done. take a listen. >> translator: there must be a military hit. he killed people with chemical weapons, bashar al assad did. it was on tv. women and children were killed. there must be a military response by the americans or the european union. they have to make a move. >> reporter: we've got interesting confirmation of what could also be a major defection from the inner circle of bashar al assad. a source in the free syrian army rebel forces, who i trust has confirmed to me that a gentleman by the name of general allie habib has defected overnight from syria to turkey. habib was defense minister to al assad for several years and stepped down in 2011 and part of the inner circle to al

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is preparing to make its case to congress for limited strikes on syria. this as we learn more details about a classified briefing that will be held in a few hours for members of the house. lawmakers at that briefing are expected to get the latest details on the syrian civil war and the apparent chemical weapons attacks including the very evidence the white house says proves it was the assad regime that launched the heart less chemical attack in the suburbs of damascus. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. >> it is great to have you here. busy morning as business leaders plan to hold the vote on authorizing military force soon after lawmakers return. they are still on summer recess until september 9th. there are washington heavyweights who are getting on the record early on this. peter doocy is joining us live on capitol hill for the latest from there. peter? >> that's right, jaime. president obama announced yesterday the united states needs to use military force against syria for moral reasons and also for national security reasons

they see syria as a test run for iran. they see the u.s. hesitation will embolden nuclear ambitions. the larger question being asked, is the u.s. still a super power trying to impose some sort of order in a chaotic middle east. also the question in israel and across the middle east is will america come to the aid of its closest allies like israel, like jordan and like turkey. this move to postpone the strike in syria is only raising further questions about the obama white house. now, in syria government officials there taking a much more up beat stance, declaring victory as a result of this delay by the obama white house. president assad insisting that syria will not be discouraged by its principles. of course, the syrian military is still on high alert. back to you. >> thanks so much. now live to the united nations where a spokesman is briefing reporters. >> strictly adhering to the highest established standards of verification recognized by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. in light of the horrendous magnitude of t

military strike against syria. in the last few moments, an interesting development one ever president's key allies, british prime minister david cameron went before his parliament. he was saying directly in his words, no smoking piece of evidence to prove the syrian government was hyped this chemical attack. he said in the end it will be a judgment call for the u.s., u.k., and others whether to move forward with a military strike. he also suggested as you did a moment ago, this could take a few more days because david cameron was talking about some more delays. take a listen. >> it is this house that will decide what steps we next take, if you agree to the motion i have set down, no action can be taken until we have heard from the u.n. weapons inspectors, until there's been further action at the united nations, and another vote in this house. >> reporter: so if you go through all of that, the u.n. inspectors are not expected to leave syria until at least saturday. david cameron laying out other conditions best u.n.

honestly, i don't support the use of force in syria. but it's a good reason for the president to have made up his mind what he wanted to do in the first place. and then gone and done it. as the saying goes, better to ask forgiveness than ask permission. >> the president will speak to the nation on tuesday night. what do you want to hear and what could he say, ambassador, that could potentially change your mind? >> well, i don't think given his lack of leadership to date there's anything he could say to change my mind. in fact, it's the fecklessness, the continued dithering and flip-flopping that worries me even more. it's as if the president thinks that as he sees the horrible use of chemical weapons, he asserts that an american trik of sostri undefined proportion can act as a retribution for the use of chemical weapons and then everything will be over. that is simply not the reality we live in. and it's the lack of strategic focus of the president's remarks, his diplomacy, his politics here at home, that leave me very worried. i've tho

there is confusion about what is happening in syria so as an expert on syria, tell us what is really happening. >> i don't know. i don't know. i do think that there is one thing i know for sure is. this if you. we have i guess. as what we so many and can we what wee have. that's what exactly. take that to the bank. >> i am sure i could. dr. payne. that is what i was afraid of. it a pores you are coaching the president on that. this is not dr. robert payyne. welcome mr. double talk derwood fincher. thank you for being here and great to have you back. well, i am glad that a strong contingent of republicans and democrats so the utter folly of the military action in syria. and sad that there are those who think that lighting the fuse to release the military bring the united states to an undefined mission and unknown outcome and untrustworthy administration makes sense. the only way president obama is transparent as he promised is the duplicity with which he has governed. without hint of shame he takes the position that suits his political ambition. he railed against the government as a s

in one day from syria. now, as you can see, the traffic has slowed down. but we're also told with that threat still remaining the number of people going back into syria is small as well. >> the u.n. reports more than half of those 2 million syrian refugees are children. we're monitoring developments in the situation in syria but first some of the other news of the day. man turned up dead on the side of the road. police say her friends dumped her there after she had an asthma attack. now those friends could be in a lot of trouble. plus a programming note. fox news will be airing part 1 of a series time line of terror commercial-free tonight in prime time. it's a realtime look behind the attacks of 9/11 and america's response that's tonight 9:00 eastern in hannity's normal spot right after o'reilly. no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay -- you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual

there is iranian help in syria and hesbollah help in syria and al-qaeda is all over. and everything has changed. >> great perspective. i am saving my question on diplomacy to ambassador boltop. thank you to both of you. >> the president said we need to wait for a congress before we act in syria could a u.s. strike be legal. we'll debate that idea and much more next. hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer fruits chews. enjoy the relief! . >> i don't think this is going to be the fire balls we showed you. it was a massive fire burn nothing a food warehouse for a second day and new jersey crews are trying to work to put those flames out. it is hampered by water supply problems and may have to turn to a near by river. no injuries were reported. the cause is still under investigation. the affordable care act became law one of the perks president obama touted it was free access to check ups a

and try to reset the international agenda on syria. i'm skeptical this is serious, in part because collecting all of syria's chemical weapon supplies is a month, years long process, that could drag on and on and on. we saw that with saddam hussein in the '90s, and gadhafi with the wmd, and syria now. it's not a serious proposal that will necessarily solve the problems. >> shepard: two things, though. it seems serious from russia. i wonder why russia would do such a thing because it is almost a life raft for the president. just got a news alert from the rueters news agency showing there's another poll that shows only 16% of americans are in favor of this. 16% in favor of entering a war. that the congress i at least this moment against. makes things tough. why would russia help him? >> it does give the president a way out if he chooses to go down nat -- that path. it shows from a russian perspective they are trying to play a positive role in the international community, they're trying to play a positive role in the middle east at a time

syria is in a cross rods. it's not a syrian civil war it's about our interest, appeasement of iran versus containment of iran. to the nothing be al qaeda jihadists have been empowered. there's a vacuum. the narrative is not about al qaeda versus assad. the majority of syrians millions that have risen up in damascus and aleppo, these are millions that want to do neither of the fascism of islamism. so we're basically by saying we don't want either side we're ignoring the millions, the millions in egypt that want rose up against the military regime of hosni mubarak and the millions that rose up against the brotherhood. if we want to defeat islamism and see the freedom agenda of president bush continue to rise in the middle east who else, a post-american world where we let the darwin doctrine of the most vicious weeks degade and give the opposition. there is bad folks: but the majority of them are syrians that are diverse. >> do we trust that the administration would do what is necessary to make sure the operation

we're not going to war against syria. if we're going to war against syria it would involve a lot more things including perhaps of use of american military force. martha: bob, let me is you what is the goal? what should the goal be? >> to take out the ability of assad to deliver these weapons of mass destruction by taking out helicopters, by taking out planes. by taking out communications. by taking out those facilities that are necessary for him to deliver these kinds of weapons. martha: to degrade the military capability so -- >> to degrade the military possibility. martha: i understand that where was the outrage with the last 100,000 people who also lost their lives, who also had families weeping over their gives and their bodies? >> there is very big difference between people who die in civil war and those who die with natural gas and natural -- excuse me, with sarin gas. excuse me, that is probably my book can i calling. martha: uh-oh. >> this is, we're talking about poison gas here. the only other time we've seen tha

we'll ask if that's likely to stop the carnage or just em bolden syria. embolden syria? this is a map of the pressure points on my feet. i have flat feet. i learned where the stress was at the dr.scholl's foot mapping center. then i got my number, which matched the custom fit orthotic inserts with the right support. find your closest foot mapping center at drscholls.com. i'm a believer. >>> it sounds to me like saving face because he's made a promise and he will follow through with his promise. promise, so he's going to follow through with his promise. that's why he ought to be very careful about drawing lines in the sand or red lines because now he feels he looks weeks to g colleagues in the united states as well as international colleagues, but i don't feel te that's enough reason to go to war. >> rand paul alreadyhe joining e debate over whether to go to syria. we're going hear about in the next hour and half, the debate, the best way forward in syria. what do you think about the te president'rms plan as he has la it out? focused on attacking assad's chemical action n

or in syria, the moderates. we need to reshuffle our policy in syria, look at the partners and i hope the congressional hearing will bring about these facts. >> doctor, we have to do a gut check with you right now, because our reporter earlier in the hour from jerusalem and he paint add very negative picture about how we're looked upon in the world. particularly following this president's decision today to back off his red line comments and seek thorpgs and not do what he said he'd do. how is america viewed in the arab world? >> that's a wonderful question. let me make a big distinction for our viewers. there's a difference between those who want our values, meaning democracy, secular liberal body and those who look at american foreign policy. a big difference. the 33 million egyptians who demonstrated on june the 30th and again on july 26th against a muslim brotherhood, against jihadism and for democracy, not all like our foreign policy. actually, they dislike the obama foreign policy and are not sure with rega

it is an interesting tie to syria. the mission in syria is projected to cost on a minimum level $500 million. well that money is going to come out of the tax dollars. those tax dollars now are making the country weaker when we have to spend the money on people not working and transfer payments. >> what is the resolution? how do we get people back to work and keep them engaged in the workforce? that's tax dollars too, right? >> when we have a strong economy we have more tax dollars. you have a strong economy and you have wages rising and that is important. the reason people are electing to stay on the sidelines is prices are rising and wages are stagnant to lower. they are saying why should i take a job when i can get this money from the government? it matters to everyone watching right now and especially the people who have jobs. your tax dollars are going to support them. if we get this economy going strong and we get more jobs and wages rising, people will take those jobs. they are electing not to take them in some c

>> let's go to syria first. syria didn't sign it so there's no way they're going to be enforced. they didn't sign it, they're not beholden to it. hypothetically you'd have to get two-thirds of the u.n. national security to vote on some kind of enforcement. but i read anything about it and the enforcement there's no teeth to it. well, they'll make some recommendations on what to do. >> so the world signed this but it's a symbolic thing. >> right. >> could he be charged with war crimes at the hague? could they get him for gassing kids? >> good luck. the u.n. security council would have to make some kind of recommendation. and on there you have russia and china -- >> you have milosevic in the baltics and they have him because he was ethnic cleansing and -- >> but you didn't have to get him to cooperate. you have to get russia to make him do what russia wants and say agree to sign on to this and get rid of the weapons and supervise it through the u.n. >> but you're always going back to the u.n. >> so this chemical treaty is a bunch of baloney. it doesn't mean anything to anybody? >>

and now you want to go to syria. now everyone believes they have enough evidence to go to a third war in 12 years. it makes no sense and you have to look at this through a failed government response to people who are dying. >> all right, and commander, you were the head of the u.s.s. cole when it was hit in 2000. let's talk about the administration. since that time, has anyone been held accountable for the killings on the u.s.s. cole? >> no one has been held accountable from this administration. while they were in this individual, he is scheduled for a commission next september. mark my words, judge. it won't happen. right before the election, do you believe this president and his attorney general who fought for over four years to close guantanamo bay and tried to delay military commissions that returned will allow a death penalty case two months before 2014? i don't believe it will happen. >> u.s.s. cole was in 2000, right? >> correct. almost 13 years and yet no one has been held accountable. >> i want to go back to

policy and syria. it's about his decision to offer asylum to fug till whistle-blower, edward snowden and a host of other political issues. what vladimir putin has been trying to do and doing it successfully for years, is offer himself on the world stage as an alternative center of power to the united states, basically saying to countries that don't share the united states democratic outlook, that he is prepared to be a bulwart against it, creating difficulties for the united states on a continuing basis at the united nations, offering asylum to a whistle-blower where that serves his purpose, standing by a syrian despot where that serves his purpose. it's a geopolitical game and vladimir putin is a master at it. >> as you were speaking, we were watching the encounter a few hours ago where president obama landed in st. petersburg and had to confront there vladimir putin and, of course, there sort of all smiles, they're shaking hands quite vigorously there. what do you see when you look at this exchange?

go it alone in syria? john bolton joins us. >> good evening. >> looks like it will be president obama and maybe the president of france at this point. things look rather bleak in terms of getting allies. >> thrilling actually. we don't know that the french will use military assets. they will be cheering us on perhaps, but as of now it will be essentially a united states operation, so you have the obama administration with people like joe biden and john kerry who spent years criticizing the bush administration for its unilateralism doing something that truly is unilateral as opposed to things done in the bush administration like the overthrow of saddam hussein that had dozens of coalition members along with them. >> what's the difference between doing it this way and dropping a drone on somebody in yemen that's on a kill list? >> there isn't any difference. the president has full constitutional authority to launch this attack against syria. >> you don't think he has to seek approval? >> absolutely not. >> y

by the president of syria this morning. it serves as a sobering reminder of the potential consequences of an american-led strike on damascus. what is the assad regime capable of? here with insights and answers captain b chuck nash and general bob skels. thanks for joining us. >> let me start with you, captain. first of all, what he's saying is he believes -- my interpretation is -- the rebels and terrorists may have access to chemical weapons. am i hearing him right there? >> absolutely. i think everybody understands that they do. the precursors. this isn't a mystery. the rebels have taken over a lot of syrian military facilities. they have taken armories. who knows what they have got their hands on. the other side is making chemical weapons isn't black magic. it's internet science. >> what about the pledge of retaliation and retribution against israel for whatever actions militarily we take. how real do you take that threat? >> i think it's real, sean. it's just not going to happen tomorrow. it's not just retribution again

military action in syria, the promised military support for rebels in syria has not yet materialized. chief white house correspondent ed henry tells us that is not helping the president's cause on capitol hill. >> i'm going to be working with congress. >> reporter: a rare move for president obama who kept lawmakers at arm's length for nearly five years, often bypassing them when it suits his interest. yet now he is on defense and needs congress to help authorize a u.s. military mission in syria, so he's finally starting to make his case. >> i made a decision that america should take action, but i also believe that we will be much more effective, we will be stronger if we take action together as one nation. >> reporter: the president said he's confident the resolution will pass, though behind the scenes his aides are still worried about the potential for a crushing defeat. fox learned some of the top campaign advisers like anita dunn and stephanie carter visited. the president himself didn't attend, but white house staff got advice from david plouffe and former white house press secret

his whole administration is an the line over syria. county president convince the american public to support military action? brit hume, juan williams, bernie goldberg and i will have analysis. >> are we back from the brink? is military strike on pause? >> would you set some kind of a deadline? >> does it seem like a stalling tactic? >> bill: the president submitting to interviews today, something he does not like to do. we will tell you who was toughest on him. >> do we want to be involved in another war? the answer is. no. >> bill: is the republican party sensing doom for president obama? karl rove on that. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the consequences of syria, that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. this man is a killer. and evidence shows he used poison gas on civilians last month. a violation of international law. but he may be the luckiest man on earth tonight. because it looks like the wor

what is the goal as you see it, what is the mission in syria? >> first of all, keep in mind, jenna, there is no long-term strategy. the obama strategy has changed three types in the last week. now we're sitting back and hoping that he can be bailed out by russia. and so i just, i look at this and i can't believe we're, this is taking place. to be lectured to by putin as we were this morning it's just, i can hear reagan rolling over in his grave that this would be happening. jenna: i'm sure, i'm sure viewers feel similar to that and we're going to show them some of the editorial if they missed it. it took a dig at american exceptionalism. sir, goes back to the other point, if there is no long-term strategy from the president as you see it what is your long-term strategy? what are you searching for in this conflict? >> the president is supposed to come up with the strategy. that is what his job. that is what the constitution says he is supposed to do. he has not done that. it makes it very difficult for us. yes, they're correct when they say we're

syria is right in the heart of syria is right in the heart of the middle east. any last requests mr. baldwin? do you mind grabbing my phone and opening the capital one purchase eraser? i need to redeem some venture miles before my demise. okay. it's easy to erase any recent travel expense i want. just pick that flight right there. mmm hmmm. give it a few taps, and...it's taken care of. this is pretty easy, and i see it works on hotels too. you bet. now if you like that, press the red button on top. ♪ how did he not see that coming? what's in your wallet? that is it for fox reports. huckabee starts now. tonight on huckabee, the president making the case for military action in syria. >> the assad regime brazen use of chemical weapons is a threat to global peace and secretary. >> is the rebel opposition a less of a threat. >> they are car peppeders and black smith and dentist. >> is the president sure about that? do we know what we are getting to into syria. >> back in kindergarten. >> i am okay with it. our culture dictates that you can't start early enough. >>

it's now true in syria. i think we have great opportunities -- i think there is a good chance for fred trick to talk about our shared views here. because we have i think a joint belief that developed countries have to make progress, but we have to have an international framework to address where the increases in emissions are now affirmed. >> i totally agree to that. i think it's been an interesting development off copenhagen. we were saying the u.s. had the highest emissions in the world and china was catching up. now only a few years later we have a situation where china doubled the emissions of the ones we have in the u.s. this is actually reshaping the situation when it comes to climate protection. we are both responsible for lowering our emissions and we are doing so. you we must also face the fact that we very soon have a situation where 25% of the global emissions are from the united states and europe. so we have to take in the 75% outside of the european union and the united states. we want to deal w

he was asked about possible attack on syria. here is what he said. >> if in fact we can take a limited, tailored approach, not getting drawn into a long conflict, not a repetition of, you know, iraq, which i know a lot of people are worried about, but if we are saying in a clear and decisive put very limited way, we send a shot across the bow saying stop doing this, that can have impact on national security over the long term and may have a positive impact in the sense that chemical weapons are not used again on innocent civilians. >> with that, let's bring in the panel tonight. remember, you're part of it. joel goldberg, juan williams, columnist with the hill, and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. okay. what did he say there? >> this is the most reluctant war we have seen a president get us into, whether it is a sustained war or military action. he clearly does not want to do it, and i think for obvious, good reasons and some political reasons. but he is being dragged in kicking and screaming. most american people are

military strike on syria. fox news senior business correspondent and anchor of bulls and bears brenda buttner has more. >> tomorrow is labor day, but for wall street, real labor day is friday when the august jobs report comes out. estimates are 180,000 jobs were created last month, and that the unemployment rate will hold at 7.4%. a surprise to the up side could mean stocks head south because the fed could ease up on the easy money policy, which has fueled the markets, if it sees signs the economy is on the mend. that's over here. wall street will also be looking over there to the crisis in syria, with more uncertainty this weekend about if and when the u.s. will strike, stocks may sell off, but if history is any guide, we could see a rebound if the strike is swift. if there's also worry gas prices may spike, fueled by unrest in the middle east, some forecast the tension in the middle east could hike gas prices from the national average of about $3.56 a gallon ten cents in the next week. a hit at the pump and

>> president obama goes into syria for one reason, to stabilize syria or the middle east. by doing so, i believe, and so do the american people believe, that by doing so he's going to have the opposite effect. he's going to destabilize the region. >> you believe we do not act -- every other despot in the world will not feel they can use them with impunity? >> i don't believe that's the case. >> you said iraq, afghanistan, didn't seem to have any effect. it was a precedent that didn't matter to bashar al assad because he didn't seem in any way dissuaded from acting in the way he does. >> what did you mean by that? >> i'm just saying the threat of america doing something had no effect on assad's dealing and, you know, perhaps 100,000 deaths in this country -- >> can we take a step back? if the american people don't want it, why are we doing it? why would we say, go ahead, president obama, risk our money, risk our lives. what's the point? >> there's too much confusion behind it because no one has a clear answer. >> the american people didn't want medicare either. >> did he no

bombs syria. so i really think that there's not a good outcome, and there's also not a clear entity that i think will be an american friend in the syrian civil war. >> senator, not is it not only more likely, it's probably probable at this point. both syria and iran have said, they will retaliate against israel. did anybody ask senator kerry or chuck hagel or president obama if in fact israel is the victim of retaliation for whatever strike he makes? what effort he will put into defending israel? >> his comment was israel told them they could take care of themselves. i want to make it less. i think israel can. i think israel has a strong natural defense and they can do well in any battle. i don't want to involve them because they have so many enemies around them i'm fearful it can spin out of control. my first choice would be to not involve israel in a battle if we don't have to. >> the president didn't feel, even when he spoke on saturday, that he necessarily needs to go to congress, although i b

a huge day in the debate on syria. our president addressing the nation tonight but the russians seem to be taking charge. this story has changed dozens of times, and here comes the president now. these are live pictures. the president just met with leaders on capitol hill with lawmaker from both sides of the political fence. let's listen in. >> shepard: members of congress on one side and then the other side, and he is pushing his case that action is necessary. listen. there's john mccain. who was for a less controlled strike, if you will, giving more option to the president than he appeared to be